Trials T.S Elliot

Question 1

Outline T.S Elliot’s poems

Answer 1

Rhapsody on a Windy Night: corruption and fragmentation of the human psyche
Preludes: alienation and urban decay
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock: anxiety and the superficiality of society

Question 2

Rhapsody on a Windy Night quotes

Answer 2

“Midnight shakes the memory as a madman shakes a dead geranium”
“Broken spring”
“her hand curled and ready to snap”
“I could see nothing behind that child’s eye”

Question 3

Preludes quotes

Answer 3

“Across the skies that fade behind the city blocks”
“Burnt-out ends of smoky days”
“Grimy scraps…withered leaves…newspapers from vacant lots”

Question 4

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

Answer 4

“Streets that follow like a tedious argument of insidious intent”
“A face to meet the faces that you meet”
“Oh do not ask, What is it?”